Finding the world's best luxury car - what's quietest and most comfortable?

Опубликовано 1 февраля 2024, 17:05

Who makes the world's quietest and most comfortable car? Rolls-Royce? Bentley? Somebody else?

We've taken a sample of the world's most luxurious cars from the most prestigious brands to see, whether from front or rear seats, which is the most isolated and comfortable, as well as which is the quietest. The new BMW i7 will tell us whether an electric powertrain moves the game onwards. And we've included a classic Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud to see how far the game as come in the past 60 years.

Join Matt Prior and Matt Saunders for the test.
Shot by Jack Harrison
Edited by Shreyans Chordia

Full car specs below:

Bentley Flying Spur V8 Azure
Price: £202,055
Engine: V8, 3996cc, turbocharged, petrol
Power: 542bhp at 6000rpm
Torque: 568lb ft at 2000rpm
Transmission: 8-spd automatic, 4WD
Kerb weight: 2330kg
0-62mph: 4.1sec
Top speed: 198mph
Economy: 22.2mpg
CO2 emissions: 288g/km

Range Rover P440e Autobiography
Price: £134,865
Engine: 6 cyls in line, 2996cc, turbocharged, petrol, plus electric motor
Power: 434bhp at 5500rpm
Torque: 457lb ft at 1500rpm
Transmission: 8-spd automatic, 4WD
Kerb weight: 2695kg
0-62mph: 6.0sec
Top speed: 140mph
Economy: 322.7mpg
CO2 emissions: 20g/km

Rolls-Royce Phantom (VIII)
Price: £409,455
Engine: V12, 6751cc, turbocharged, petrol
Power: 563bhp at 5000rpm
Torque: 664lb ft at 1700rpm
Transmission: 8-spd automatic, RWD
Kerb weight: 2685kg
0-62mph: 5.5sec
Top speed: 155mph
Economy: 18mpg
CO2 emissions: 358g/km

Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (III)
Price: £5518 in 1964, £85,000 today
Engine: V8, 6230cc, petrol
Power: 276bhp at 4500rpm
Torque: 332lb ft at 2500rpm
Transmission: 4-spd automatic, RWD
Kerb weight: 2090kg
0-62mph: 10.9sec
Top speed: 114mph
Economy: 12mpg (est)
CO2 emissions: Lots

BMW i7 xDrive60 M Sport
Price: £118,470
Motor: Two separately excited synchronous motors
Power: 536bhp
Torque: 549lb ft
Transmission: 1-spd reduction gear, 4WD
Kerb weight: 2640kg
0-62mph: 4.7s sec
Top speed: 149mph
Economy: 3.3mpkWh (for 385-mile range)
CO2 emissions: 0g/km

00:00 Introduction
00:45 Bentley Flying Spur
06:09 Range Rover
10:45 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII
17:33 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III
23:15 What about the rest?
23:40 BMW i7
27:52 Noise level results
28:08 The verdict

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